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Christopher M. Thomas
`Partner
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`Telephone: 919.828.0564
`Direct Fax: 919.834.4564
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`christhomas@parkerpoe.com
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`Parker Poe
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`November 30, 2017
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`Atlanta, GA
`Charleston, SC
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`Charlotte, NC
`Columbia, SC
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`Greenville, 30
`Raleigh, NC
`Spartanburg, SC
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`Peter A. Moore, Clerk of Court
`United States District Court
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`201 South Evans Street, Room 209
`Greenville, North Carolina 27858
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`Re:
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`Epic Games, Inc. v. C.R.
`5:17-cv-534-H
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`Dear Mr. Moore:
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`I am counsel of record for Plaintiff Epic Games,
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`Inc.
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`(“Epic”)
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`in the above—
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`referenced civil action. Thank you for filing the unsigned ex parte correspondence from
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`the Defendant’s mother in the docket [DE-6] (the “Letter”). Unless otherwise directed by
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`the Court, Epic does not plan to file a substantive response to the Letter at this time.
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`We note that the Letter states that Defendant is a minor. Fed. R. Civ. P 5.2(a)
`requires that “[u]nless the court orders otherwise, .
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`. in an electronic or paper filing with
`the court that contains .
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`. the name of an individual known to be a minor. .
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`, a party
`or nonparty making the filing may include only: .
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`. (3) the minor's initials .
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`.” Id.
`(emphasis added.) Local Civil Rule 17.1(c) provides that “all parties to any litigation in
`which a minor is a party. .
`. shall redact the minor child’s name from all documents filed
`with the court.
`If the name of the minor must be included in a document, including the
`caption, only the initials of the child should be used.” Id.
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`We did not violate Rule 5.2(a) or Local Civil Rule 17.2 because we did not know
`when we filed the papers that Defendant is a minor. Although there is an argument that
`by submitting the Letter to the Court containing Defendant’s name and address,
`Defendant’s mother waived this protection under Fed. R. Civ. P 5.2(h), which provides
`that “[a] person waives the protection of Rule 5.2(a) as to the person’s own information
`by filing it without redaction and not under seal," we plan to include only Defendant’s
`initials or redact his name entirely in all future filings with the Court, including this letter.
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`This letter is to request the Court’s guidance on whether the Court would like us
`to file a motion to seal the papers currently on the docket that include Defendant’s full
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`PPAB 3969376v1
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`Case 5:17-cv-00534-H Document 7 Filed 11/30/17 Page 1 of 3
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